St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-23
BAB'S GOSSIP.
HOW WOMES'S CONPLENIONS ARE
MADE TO APPEAR FRESH.
The Right of Beauty to be Careful of Her
Charms-A Bath in "Virginia Milk the
Latest Fad in the NetropoIis-The New
Fruit Ice-Madame Missions Wit.


Fruit Ice-Madame Missions Wit.
Every now and then the reporters
write a semistartling story of The
makers of compilations in New lorE
! city, but for some unknown reason these
accounts are generally written by men
subject. Of course, there are women
| there, and plenty of them, whose bust
ness is making up the face" but they
are generally hair dressers as well, and
so thoroughly understand their work
that they are in reality artists. They
are not the people who advertise the
identifying of the face-no, indeed; that
would make their work less valuable
Instead they are known as good hair
dressers to number of women. Then one
day Madame or Mademoiselle is looking
badly-the coifsuse says: IF | might
suggest just touch of pink-(she does
not call it rouge)-if you would only let
me fix your face a little, it would not APP
pear as if you had been up late last night
or were breaking down. At the plea of
having no materials, the shrewd worker
produces them from the bag in which
her curling tongs are kept, and hey
presto nine times out of ten she is at
work in a few minutes, and with great
success.
With very deft fingers a preparation
as cool as possible is rubbed quickly over
the face. This is to give staying power to
whatever else is applied; then, with a
fine handkerchief, white powder as deli
cate and soft as possible is literally used
all over the face, which means includ-
ing the forehead; the artist smooths
this down until the proper shade is
achleved-the rouge comes next Ia
preference being shown for that which
comes on tiny saucers), little under
each eye, on the chin and the lobes of
the ears, and then that is made the per-
feet tint. The eyebrows are darkened if
they are light with a crayon pencil: the
patient one closes her eyelids and the
worker puts under each bit of white
paper; the lashes rest upon this, and so in
due order they also are deepened in hue.
The effect is artistic-Madame does
look better, and is it any wonder that
after this the coifeuse makes up Madame
very often and in many instances becomes
necessity to her? AS l said before,
this woman is an artist-indeed she told
me that she had regularly studied the
art of making up, taking lessons from
the man who gives them to the people
of the stage. The work done for non
professionals needs to be more delicately
considered, and | am assured that
touch too much, especially with crayon
pencil will spoil all the effect and make
pronouncedly a sham that which should
only be an intensifying of natures
charms.
AS long as women have any discretion
about keeping themselves beautiful there
is every reason why they should do so, in
asmuch as the clever ones usually appre-
ciate the value of a charming personality.
There is an old woman who dimes at
fashionable restaurant every night who
is in reality the skeleton at the feast to
every young beauty there. AT least sew
enty years old, she wears blond wig,
is rouged, powdered and blackened until
she is a horror, while her gowns are
adapted to sixteen and her jewels suited
to presentation at court, so many are
they in number and so fine in quality. l
have concluded after studying her for
a year that she was once a beauty and
took no care of her great gift until it
began to 60 from her, and then did not
realize that the means reached no end
save that of making her ridiculous old
fright. Poor soul! If she can see herself
in the mirror what commentary on
vanity" she must think herself! But of
course she does not.
Men say women are getting better
looking, and as a horsey man put it, "the
tillies are good breed-that shows in
their VAUDEVILLE as for the two-year-
Odds they're the best stock in the country,
high steppers and with skins like satin"
This praise of the young buds and those
of two seasons has leaven of truth in it;
and this same man told me that one rea-
son why women were better looking was
because they understood the divine art
of eating better. He reminded me of
time when woman's luncheon at Del
monico's consisted of chicken, ice-cream
and tea-all good things, but not all
adapted to increase the beauty of form,
brightness of the eyes, or to sharpen the
wit. Now, woman has her views about
entrees, she realizes the proper value of
high game, and she knows glass of
or some cup will give her an
appetite, add to her strength and not go
to her head. Brillat-Savarin, the au-
thority on dinners, and what he called
the divine art of living insisted that
very much more than men should women
have rich food; and then he believed not
only would they be more beautiful, but,
because of their wisdom, the next gen
Grafton would thank them. Evidently
he New York woman agrees with him !
By the bye, a latter-day fad is the taking
Of bath in which Virginia milk" is
special part. 1t is really luxury, and
IS the milk is not expensive and can
easily be made at home, | am going to
ell how it is done: To quart of rose
water add, drop by drop, stirring all the
while, an ounce of simple tincture of
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